Trappistine Convent, Trappistine monastery in Hakodate, Japan
Eight stories of brick walls rise at the hilltop complex, featuring semicircular arched windows and a chapel built in the European architectural style.
French nuns established Japan's first contemplative women's monastery in 1898, after Bishop Andre Berlioz purchased a former orphanage building in Hakodate.
The nuns maintain a disciplined daily schedule starting at 3:30 AM, participating in seven prayer sessions throughout the day until their 7:45 PM retirement.
The monastery welcomes visitors to its front garden and exhibition room from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM between May and September, selling their handmade Madeleines.
The brick chapel, reconstructed in 1927 after a fire, stands as one of the few remaining examples of early 20th-century Catholic architecture in northern Japan.
Location: Hakodate
Inception: 1898
GPS coordinates: 41.78790,140.82217
Latest update: May 13, 2025 02:22
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